Open a command prompt in your computer to obtain an IP address you are interested in computer in the local network. In the menu "start" find a tool "Run" (Windows XP, Vista and Seven just use the search bar).

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Write cmd and press Enter, you should see a big black window in which you need to enter the ping command with a space to write down the exact name of the computer. The task may be complicated if the user you are interested in computer uses a firewall, it is worth to try several times to repeat the procedure.

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Pay attention to special programs that automatiseret obtain an IP address on the name of the computer. Be extremely careful in using them because many of them, with your permission of use of the Internet, can harm the operating system and user files of the computer.

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In the case of using IP addresses to determine the nameof the computer please note that this action may also be complicated by established fierville, and if knowing the name of the computer, the address to simply, sending several times ping, here everything is much more complicated.

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Once you find out information about the IP address of the computer, navigate to the identity of its owner, if necessary. Take advantage of our special servers for information about the user at his computer in the network, for example, http://www.whoisinform.ru/, http://iontail.com/?p=utils or http://www.all-nettools.com/. Enter in the appropriate form known to you IP address, then select the appropriate request type. Press the Enter key. Next, find out the name of the owner by contacting his provider.

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Less likely to use questionable programs requesting Internet access.

Advice 2: How to find out computer name

Each computer has its own name, but assigning it once, when you install the operating system, we safely forget it.

Instruction

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Click "start". Right-click the mouse on the icon "Computer". You will see a window "system Properties". Find the string "Computer: ..." and "Full name ...". Instead of dots the first line contains the name of your computer, and the second name part of a domain (computer network). In Windows XP, in system properties click on the tab "Name of computer".

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Also the nameof the computer you can view the properties of any shortcut or file on the desktop. Click the right mouse button. Select "Properties". Go to the tab "Details", it is the bottom line provided the required information.

Useful advice

In order to rename the computer, click "Edit" in the "System" in the name string. In the field "Computer" erase the old name and write a new, click "OK".

Advice 3: How to find the checksum of the file

Confirm that the files distributed through the Internet, on many sites next to the link to download the published checksum, often representing a MD5 hash. In order to verify the authenticity of the downloaded file, you need to learn the control amount. Due to the relevance of the given task function calculate the checksum included in the software to work with files. In particular, to calculate the checksum may popular file Manager Total Commander.

You will need

program Total Commander.

Instruction

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Log in to the directory with the file or the file checksum which you need to know. Run Total Commander. Buttons discs, or the drop-down lists placed above the panels, switch to the drive where the desired directory. By successive change directory, browse to the target directory.

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Select the file or files in the directory listing. Using the cursor keys to move the marker list up and down. Press the Insert key on the file names that you want to select.

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Display the dialog to set parameters for calculating checksums of files. In the main menu of Total Commander click "File" and then "Create SFV-checksum file (CRC)...".

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Set the parameters for calculating checksums of files. In the displayed dialog, activate the checkbox next to "MD5" if you want the result of the calculations was the MD5 hashes. The MD5 algorithm quite strong, and is currently the de facto standard for civilian use and publish on the Internet. Click on each file to create separate SFV file", if necessary, so that each computed value of the checksum stored in a separate file. In order "to Save the file(s) checksums as:" specify the directory and file name template into which to fit the results of the calculation of the checksum.

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Calculate checksum for selected files. In a previous open dialog box click the "OK" button. Wait until the process of formation of the checksum files. If the total amount of processed data is large, the calculations can take a long time.

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Find out the checksum of the file or files. Explore the contents of the generated checksum files in a viewer or text editor. If you created multiple files, open the one whose name matches the name of the file, the amount of which you need to know. To view, you can highlight the file in the panel and press F3. The content of checksum files will be the set of strings consisting of two parts. The first part of the line located before the " * " character is the checksum of the file, whose name is written after the symbol "*".

Advice 4: How to find out computer name by ip address

Very often users of the Internet for different purposes need to know the name of the computer having data only from its network IP address. This can be done by many ways – using the Windows command line, and with the assistance of third party software.

Instruction

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Make sure that you know the exact IP address of the computer whose name you want to know. In the menu "start" choose "Run". You will see a dialog box, enter the word cmd and press Enter. Also if your keyboard has a Win button, you can use the combination Win+R.

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Enter this into the following command: Nslookup 000.000.000.000 instead of zeros write the existing address of the computer. In the output you should see his name on the network address.

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If the name of your computer by its network address did not help the previous method, try to solve the problem involving the installation of additional software. Download 10-Strike LANState from official website manufacturer.

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Proceed with the installation. The app has a 30-day trial version, so repeated execution of operations you will have to purchase a commercial version of the program. Of course, you can also use any other program to perform these tasks, it's just that this is a good option utility with intuitive interface and menus in Russian.

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Run 10-Strike LANState. To determine the network name of the desired computer type in the appropriate field of the search window the value of the IP address. As long as the indicator will remain red, the program will perform the necessary actions. The time depends on your network configuration, try during this period, do not perform operations on your computer, which are costly network resources. When the indicator changes color to green, it will mean that the search for the desired computer over. Also you can click on the "Show" button and watch the device on a map. To do this in the search options, select the check box "On the map".

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Also use this program to determine the address of the website on its IP.

Note

Be careful when you populate the IP address, because many people make the mistake at this stage.

Useful advice

It is best to copy all the numbers needed to perform the operation.

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